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Laiyang

ShandongChina

Grid Point Code for Laiyang
With a code
#L0PDL-FNP4N
Said aloud
Laiyang FNP4N

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Laiyang is #L0PDL-FNP4N. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.73 m east to west, centred on 36°58'32.97"N, 120°42'49.00"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

The point used is the one GeoNames records for Laiyang, near its centre.

Code
#L0PDL-FNP4N
With a check character
#L0PDL-FNP4N*H
Short form
FNP4N
Cell centre
36.975825, 120.713610
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.73 m
Region
Shandong
Country
China
Population
872,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L0PDL-FNP4N. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Shandong

Laiyang FNP4N: a name both people know, then the last five characters. They give back the exact code for anywhere within 4.0 km north or south and 4.3 km east or west of Laiyang. Further away the same five name somewhere else, which is why the whole code is what goes on a sign.

Copied by hand, or read over a phone

#L0PDL-FNP4N*H. The character on the end catches any single mistyped symbol and any two neighbours swapped.

As a link or a square code

Open it on the map, move to the exact door, and add directions if the code needs help: "blue gate, second floor". The link and the square code carry them. Nothing is kept on this site.

From the city to the door

The first four characters name a cell about 40 km by 42.7 km here. Each one after that picks one of 25 inside the last, so the whole ten name a spot about the size of a doorway.

  1. L0PDMetropolitan area40 km by 42.7 km
  2. L0PDLDistrict8 km by 8.54 km
  3. L0PDLFSuburb1.6 km by 1.71 km
  4. L0PDLFNA few streets320 m by 341 m
  5. L0PDLFNPBuilding64 m by 68.3 m
  6. L0PDLFNP4Entrance12.8 m by 13.7 m
  7. L0PDLFNP4NDoorway2.56 m by 2.73 m

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